Tuesday, August 22, 2006

LOST is awesome, ABC is stupid

Alright, I can splurge my love for LOST very well, and I do it often. But I have to complain about something else...

Why is LOST still in the 9:00 Wed slot? Why put it up against American Idol? Why?? WHYYYY???!!! You put it in at 8:00, and not only will more people watch, since its competition would be CBS's new show JERICHO, NBC's 20 GOOD YEARS (whatever that is), and Fox's BONES.

Seriously. Why wouldn't ABC do this? DANCING WITH THE STARS has the 8:00 slot as of now, I would switch that anyways. DANCING, in all likelihood will fizzle out a la WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE, so I would get it out of ABC's best time slot of the week and give it to LOST, which we all know is one of the best and highest rated shows on TV.

Also, while it's probably too late to do so, bump LOST up. New episodes are going to start airing October 4th, about a month after pretty much every other show on all the other networks. Not only does it start late, but it ends early, going six episodes and then on a hiatus until January, when it will air 18 consecutive episodes, no repeats. Start it early September, make it 9 or 10 episodes, and then go on hiatus. When January comes around go four new episodes and then a mini recap, or some completely different programming (news bulletins? Basketball? I don't know, just some filler). Four and a half months is a long time to keep a nation-wide audience's attention span, not to mention not conflict with their schedules. The fanatics (i.e. me) will watch it whenever its on, but most people won't.

Rant over.

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